Is it possible to be self-taught in Japanese?

[dogsbody70]

I use teach yourself books and cd's plus berlitz etc.

I could not learn on my own if I did not have books and cd's to hear correct pronuncuation.

It does take a lot of self discipline plus of course studying the hiragana and Kana to start with.

One needs to speak out loud-- but it is better to have a Japanese person to share with and practice.

I don't get enough practice with my japanese friend.

I am most interested in the written language and calligraphy-- but that also takes determination and regular study.

[RKitagawa]

Originally Posted by vithvicious

You obviously haven't seen the latest edition of Rosetta Stone.

It's 3 Editions long, takes about 4 years to complete AND has a hot sexy voice lady that helps you learn. 4 years of hot sexy voice is enough for anybody to pick up Japanese.

The picture is me trying to fit in my signature but because I'm a total noob to JF it won't let me permanently add it to the signature section of every post so I have to do it manually.

Make the picture smaller, it's stretching the page. Then go to "User CP" at the top left. Go to Edit Signature, on the left. And Enter this into the box:

"[CENTERR] [IMG] http://kbcs-sc.com/VithVicious1b.JPG [/IMG] [/CENTERR]"

(without the spaces and quotations, and spell center properly, with only one R)

anyways. I'm sure the new rosetta stone is pretty good. but I don't think it'll get you fluent. And as far as I know, what they teach you in RS is pretty formal stuff. Which won't sound natural most of the time. That's just from my experience with the program though, I may be wrong.

hope u get your sig worked out.

[vithvicious]

Thankx to you and NanteNa I know what to do.

Once I get home I'll be able to fix it. .)